Paul Bertner / Garden Orb Weaver (Argiope sp) in web, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Edwin Giesbers / Orb Weave spider (Argiope sp.) weaving web, Sarawak Borneo, Malaysia, June

Silvia Reiche / Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi) in web, Hoogeloon, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Kim Taylor / Forest spider {Argiope sp}, note stabilimentum in centre of web, East Africa

Paul Bertner / Garden Orb Weaver (Argiope sp), Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Paul Bertner / Garden Orb Weaver (Argiope sp) in web, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Murray Cooper / Garden Orb Weaver (Argiope sp) with Nymphalid Butterfly (Pareuptychia sp) prey, Ecuador

MYN / Dimitris Poursanidis / Spider (Argiope sp) Crete, Greece, October. Crete, Greece. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Dimitris Poursanidis / Spider (Argiope sp) Crete, Greece, October. Crete, Greece. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

Piotr Naskrecki / Silver Argiope (Argiope argentata), Saba, West Indies, Caribbean

LYNN M. STONE / Orb weaver spider (possibly Argiope sp) web covered in dew, North Guilford, Connecticut, USA, July

LYNN M. STONE / Orb weaver spider (possibly Argiope sp) web covered in dew, North Guilford, Connecticut, USA, July

Scott Leslie / Black-and-yellow Argiope (Argiope aurantia) extruding silk and wrapping prey in web, Nova Scotia, Canada

Pete Oxford / Silver Argiope (Argiope argentata) spider in web, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Silvia Reiche / Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi) in web with prey, Hoogeloon, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Jasper Doest / Black-and-yellow Argiope (Argiope aurantia) in web, Texas

Konrad Wothe / Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi) in web, Bavaria, Germany

Konrad Wothe / Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi) in web with prey, Bavaria, Germany

Konrad Wothe / Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi) in web with sun, Bavaria, Germany

Konrad Wothe / Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi) in web with sun, Bavaria, Germany

Thomas Marent / Silver Argiope (Argiope argentata) spider, Guyana

Piotr Naskrecki / Tiger Spider (Argiope savignyi) female wraps Firefly Beetle (Lampyridae) that flew into her web in silk, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Tiger Spider (Argiope savignyi) female on a web showing a distinct stabilimentum, an enforced part of the orb, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Tiger Spider (Argiope savignyi) male on a web showing a distinct stabilimentum, an enforced part of the orb, Costa Rica

Michael Durham / Garden Orb Weaver Spider (Eriophora transmarina) spiderlings hatching, Oregon

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Garden Orb Weaver (Argiope amoena) spider in web, Shiga, Japan

Mark Moffett / Garden Orb Weaver (Argiope sp) spider on web with captured Scarab Beetle, El Yano Carti Road, Panama

Piotr Naskrecki / Lobed Argiope (Argiope lobata) spider, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Konrad Wothe / Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi) in web, Bavaria, Germany

Steve Gettle / Banded Garden Spider (Argiope trifasciata) feeding on mummified insect prey, North America

Steve Gettle / Banded Garden Spider (Argiope trifasciata) wrapping prey in silk, North America